Darrelle Boyd becomes the sixth track and field star elected to
the UMass Boston Hall of Fame and is one of the greatest middle
distance runners in school history, competing in four seasons on
the indoor and outdoor track teams as well as the cross country
squad. She was a part of all four of the Beacons' NCAA track and
field championships, helping them capture the 1985 indoor, 1986
indoor, 1986 outdoor and 1987 indoor crowns.

The Mattapan native was a part of UMass Boston's runner-up
showings in the 1988 NCAA indoor and 1987 and 1988 outdoor meets
and helped the squad to a fifth place finish in the 1985 outdoor
championships as well. The 1989 UMass Boston graduate finished in
the top six in the 800 meters seven times at the NCAA
championships, including second place finishes in the 1985 and 1988
outdoor meets and placed in the top seven in the 1500 meters four
times to go along with a first place showing as part of the 1988
NCAA championship 4X400 indoor relay team to give her All-American
status 12 times, the third-highest total of any UMB athlete in
school history. She burst onto the scene as a freshman becoming the
only athlete on the squad to capture All-American status in two
individual events during the indoor season and matched the feat
again as a junior during both the indoor and outdoor campaigns.
Boyd took seven individual first place finishes in distances
ranging from 800 meters to the mile during her career, including
top finishes in the 1500 at the 1985 ECAC outdoor championships and
the 800 at the 1986 ECAC indoor championships. She attained All-New
England status in seven events, while earning All-ECAC honors in 11
events and holds four individual school records including the
school standard for the indoor 1000 yards (2:36.18), 1000 meters
(3:02.6), mile (5:02.1) and outdoor 1500 meters (4:33.64) and was a
part of the UMass Boston's school-record breaking relay teams in
the 4X800 (9:07.3) and distance medley (12:33.02) outdoor
races.

Following her tremendous collegiate career, she went on to a
successful coaching career with the Boston International Track Club
for 12 years, where she coached three national champions. Boyd also
coached for eight years on the Northeastern University staff and
was a part of the Mayor's Youth Olympics for 12 years. She
graduated Suma cum Laude from Curry College with a masters of
education in 1996 and was the class valedictorian.